Thrice Words In The Water Major Minor 2011 Submitted by: [email protected] Key: B Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: G#m 466444 F# 244322 E 022100 C#m x46654 B/Eb x698xx Ebm x68876 B x24442 F#/Bb x143xx Intro: B x4 G#m F# E x4 Verse 1: G#m F# E Standing knee deep in cold water G#m F# swiftly moving somehow I E knew I'd lost something Interlude: G#m F# E x2 Verse 2: G#m F# E Wading waist deep I saw a book there in G#m F# E the river waiting for me to find it there G#m F# E I tried to read it neck deep treading water G#m F# E but the tide it pulled me out to sea Chorus 1: E Then with water in my eyes the words G#m began to rise from their place E They were beautiful and dread G#m I reached for them and fed on each phrase C#m They were honey on my lips but B/Eb E then a bitter twist in my side C#m I knew they'd lay me in my grave B/Eb(hold) E "Is there no one who can save me?" I cried Post Chorus: G#m F# E x2 Verse 3: G#m B Sinking down deep Ebm through cold water C#m G#m heavy silence shadows F# Ebm F# E stirring in the gloom G#m F# What things that lay Ebm E C#m sleeping down deep in G#m the darkness woke then F# Ebm F# E to find me in that tomb? Chorus 2: E Then with water in my eyes the words G#m began to rise from their place E They were beautiful and dread G#m I reached for them and fed on each phrase C#m They were honey on my lips but B/Eb E then a bitter twist in my side C#m I knew they'd lay me in my grave B/Eb(hold) E F# "Is there no one who can save me?" I cried Bridge: B And when I lost all hope to look F#/Bb someone took that heavy E book from my hands all B its weight they set aside after Ebm F# E they had satisfied its demands G#m I felt white and black reverse F# B E and the lifting a curse from my heart G#m Then like one receiving sight F# Ebm E F# I beheld a brilliant light in the dark Outro: G#m F# B E x3, G#m F# Ebm E(hold)
